Deer are harming many plant, bird, animal and pollinator species, with the fallow deer being especially destructive.
When I first arrived on Mayne Island, I was enthralled to see so many deer wandering along the island roads and paths. They are beautiful animals, and they would stand and look at me with their big brown eyes as I took their photo.
Both species of deer are harming many plant, bird, animal and pollinator species, with the fallow deer being especially destructive. Decreases in songbird diversity and abundance have been linked to overabundant populations of deer. The destructive impact of deer overpopulation extends to the farms on Mayne. Fallow deer decimate the understory in the forested and shrub lands, resulting in more runoff when it rains. They also eat the forage and orchard crops, and they damage the orchard trees when eating the fruit or rubbing their antlers against the trunks. This could become a much bigger threat to agriculture in the region if the deer migrate to other islands and eventually to Vancouver Island.
In the absence of natural predators, critical action is needed to restore balance. The Mayne Island Conservancy has been advocating for the provincial government to take that action. The B.C. government has a responsibility to take leadership on this issue, since it licensed the commercial operation of a fallow deer farm on Mayne in the late 1980s.
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